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Submission to the Select Committee on Prevention of Torture Bill,2010

Ref: HAQ/Advocacy-Legal/373 /10 Date: 05/10/10 Mr. Mahesh Tiwari, Joint Director, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Room no. 212-A, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi 110001 Subject: Submission to the Select Committee on Prevention ..... Read More

Selection of Members in National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)

Dear All The Government of India has given us 5 new members for the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights They are : (see the notification pasted below). It can also be accessed on http://www.wcd.nic.in/ ..... Read More

Reading Between the Poverty Lines by Sachin Kumar Jain

The poverty estimation of the government of India was first challenged by civil society organisations on the streets and in courts in 2002. After 8 years of struggle, which have witnessed a number of strong interim orders by the Supreme Court, the heavily debated and much ..... Read More

UN Press Release on adoption of global action plan to achieve development goals by 2015

PRESS RELEASE UN Summit concludes with adoption of global action plan to achieve development goals by 2015 Secretary-General secures more than $40 billion for women’s and children’s health UNITED NATIONS, New York, 22 September — A United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) concluded today with the adoption of a ..... Read More

The Prevention of Torture Bill 2010 in the Context of Children

The Prevention of Torture Bill 2010 is under discussion. It has been passed by the Rajya Sabha and is now before the Select Committee of the Parliament headed by Shri Ashwini Kumar. Indeed it has taken all these years for the ..... Read More